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Re: Spellcheck a list
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Re: Spellcheck a list


  • Subject: Re: Spellcheck a list
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:48:43 +0200

At 12:35 AM -0400 04/10/04, Graff wrote:
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on CheckWord(theWord)

set quotedWord to quoted form of ("^" & theWord & "$")
try
do shell script "grep " & quotedWord & " /usr/share/dict/words"
display dialog theWord & " is correct"
on error
display dialog theWord & " is not correct"
end try
end CheckWord


CheckWord("youth")
CheckWord("yoot")
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CheckWord("software")

Emmanuel
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